Tropics Bound
Elizabeth's Seadogs on the Spanish Main
Published on 1. September 2010
224 pages
978-0-7524-9668-9 (ISBN)
Description
In the popular imagination, English colonisation in the Americas began with the founding of Jamestown in Virginia in 1607 (which recently celebrated its 400th anniversary). But the focus of English voyages to the far side of the Atlantic for 100 years before that had been much further south, in defiance of Pope Alexander VI's decree that South America would be divided between Spain and Portugal. Tropics Bound examines not only the oft-forgotten history of this period of English exploration between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but also looks at the voyages themselves, through the eyes of the sailors who faced that daunting journey. It is a story of adventure, hardship and courage. Written by an historian with a practical knowledge of seamanship, this is an important contribution to our understanding of the early period of (failed) English attempts at colonisation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
File size
1,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-9668-9 (9780752496689)
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09/2010
The History Press Ltd
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JAMES SEAY DEAN is Emeritus Professor of English & Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He has taught maritime history and published numerous articles in nautical, literary and historical journals. He is also an experienced sailor and is the author of Sailing a Square-Rigger. He lives in Racine, Wisconsin.
Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- One Brave New World, 1516-68
- Two Storm Swell, 1569-76
- Three Near Gale, 1577-81
- Four Severe Gale, 1582-88
- Five Profit in Piracy, 1589-91
- Six Indigo, Sugar, Penguins, 1591-93
- Seven A Daintie at Dear Cost, 1593-95
- Eight Committed to the Deep, 1595-96
- Nine Taken at the Flood, 1596-1603
- Ten No Scallop Shell of Quiet, 1604-10
- Eleven Maidenheads Lost, 1611-18
- Twelve Epilogue: After 1619
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author
